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Adam Gillard

It is possible to use the block feature on yourself. Don't know if this is intentional!

Adam Gillard

Cracking contest! Thoroughly enjoyed it

Adam Gillard

Well I'll make sure everyone is reminded closer to the time. I didn't want this to clash with all the other tournaments going on at the moment.

Adam Gillard

Ian Dent wrote:1st May?

Indeed. Problem?

Adam Gillard

What Matt said makes sense. If you're going to have seedings then they should be based on Premiership / Championship etc. clubs. I don't mind if I'm randomly assigned or assigned by ranking to a club.

Adam Gillard

Well Ronnie O'Sullivan is a genius but can be a bit temperamental to say the least. Lionel Messi is also a genius and has a better temperament. Having seen both in action in Wembley (

), I'd have to go for Messi.

Adam Gillard

No offence, but you have set your expectations too high. There are already 3 tournaments running that people are trying to organise, and I know how hard it is to even organise a single match, never mind 3 or 4. In. This. Even with an advert on the front page of apterous, the Masters got 63 players,...

Adam Gillard

Ian Dent wrote:I'm in as a truce.

OK; although I never really had any beef with you, just at the time when I signed up to apterous you seemed to be the embodiment of inanity. Now this is much more widespread and I'm not going to hurry to block anyone else (you're unblocked).

Adam Gillard

James Robinson wrote:A GALIPOT (or GALLIPOT) is a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.

GALIPOT (mass noun) fits this definition, but a GALLIPOT is a kind of pot and can take a plural.

Adam Gillard

Andy McGurn wrote:maybe a 5 round format would best suit me

But what if you end up with the last 5 rounds?

Adam Gillard

Registration for this tournament is now closed. Applications henceforth will not count, but you may still be charged. If you have any questions/comments please let me know. Here are the details: Tourney name ....... Dog Eat Dog Dictionary .............English Variant ..................Dogfight Form...

Adam Gillard

Charlie Reams wrote:Custom games definitely do count! The ratings are per-variant, not per-format.

Shows how much I know.

Adam Gillard

Jeff totally stole my Fleetwood Mac joke! (I think I mentioned it to Dan McColm when I realised he and Adam would be appearing in this series). Well done again Andy on beating a talented opponent. Adam, you played an impressive game too, particularly in the latter stages, and I especially liked the ...

Adam Gillard

Thomas, I've just looked at your latest 30 games and there's only one 15-rounder in there. I think when you haven't yet played a variant 11 times it won't do the rating changes properly; therefore when you play a new variant (less than 11 games) or a custom game (will never be 11 games because it do...

Adam Gillard

Graeme Cole wrote:I was on holiday in Norway all last week, and it turns out they have this chocolate bar.

I had TROIKAS on the telly - tasty

. Did you see a NORWAY REG on a car (N) and think of GARRYOWEN?

Adam Gillard

Marcus Hares wrote:Could Michelle become the first non-apterite octochamp since series 61?

At the time of filming, yes, but seems like she's just discovered apterous tonight.

Adam Gillard

From apterous history for January 2011: "The Duel was won by Innis Carson with 5317 points from 64 games. Second was Matt Bayfield with 4913 points from 64 games, and third Oliver Garner with 4759 points from 63 games". Obviously there weren't 64 Duels in the month. The reason I care is be...

Adam Gillard

... 6 days and 11 hours (approx.) constitutes an aptosabbatical.

Adam Gillard

As well as doing Rachel's method for the 1st numbers, I also found just after: ((((8 + 4) x 5) + 50) x 8) - 25 = 855 The easy way of doing the first numbers is 4x8x25 +50 +5..... had 855=(50-5)x(25-8+8/4) Much less convoluted for first numbers: (25-8)x50+5 I think I done a numbers neater than every...

Adam Gillard

Ben Hunter wrote:Who won?

Michelle won 86-83 despite her opponent winning 20-0 in the last 2 rounds.

Adam Gillard

Could be a record for most references to Jeff's height in a show - James, any idea?

Adam Gillard

Woulda had SHITLOADS of points if consonant was last pick just now

Adam Gillard

sipppp

Adam Gillard

Edward McCullagh wrote:MADRONA as an equaller in R8 (not 7)

Equaller schmequaller. MANDORA too if we're just going for anagrams of what DC had.

Adam Gillard

Pretty sure we had "pot calling the kettle black" relatively recently in OoW.

Adam Gillard

JAPERY as beater in R6

Adam Gillard

Much less convoluted for first numbers: (25-8)x50+5

Adam Gillard

Michelle is so cute - hope she wins :) Did you notice that she's also partial to French pronunciation? Her "adwut" ('adroit') is along the same lines as your "litraaeaeaeeajj". At least in her case the English word comes from the French "à droit" and she's somewhat jus...

Adam Gillard

When does the Summer Open run from/'til?

Adam Gillard

Ben Wilson wrote:Q1 games still outstanding:

Eoin Jackson vs. Ned Pendleton
James Leroux vs. Lloyd Pettet
James Nguyen vs. Lesley Hines

I'm not sure that James Nguyen ever visits the site; may as well give Lesley a bye if he doesn't show up soon.

Adam Gillard

George F. Jenkins wrote:Jason [...]

George, I don't know if you realised, but I pulled this quote from March 2008. I just enjoyed the post and thought it worth sharing. I'm sure Jason's understanding of British humour has changed in the nearly 3 years that have elapsed.

Adam Gillard

Lawro said, rather than wrote:Be cruel on a team to lose this now

About 20 seconds later...

Guy Mowbray also said, rather than wrote:MARTINS!

YAY!

Adam Gillard

Thanks for updating the OP Joseph. New category ideas inspired by today's edition of Countdown: 1) Best game involving two non-finalists; 2) Best game (generally). Nominations PM-ed.

Adam Gillard

What a superb game of Countdown! It was on the Raghd edge all the way through (couldn't resist the pun); nice comeback from Nick. A thoroughly enjoyable contest with some quality spots from both contestants. Also two very likeable personalities.

Adam Gillard

I tried to use the "Tourney Creator" and got the following message: "Query failed in gen mode [], please report as a bug to charlie@apterous.org". Will PM you my application.

Adam Gillard

As I began to post here more and more, I thought that this forum really frightened me. This is because I didn't really understand all of your senses of humor. After that, I was told that if someone here jokes around with me they are only showing their lighthearted sense of humor. Because I realized...

Adam Gillard

Passing on the message to my sister from my fashion advisor Edward McCullagh that we need to go shopping for shirts.

Clothes shopping =

(credit to Ryan for the image)

Adam Gillard

PROOFREADER, PROOFREADERS, PROOFREADING and PROOFREADS should be added; PODAGRAL*, PODAGRIC* and PODAGROUS* should be removed. I'll keep you posted if I notice anything else from reading the dictionary (don't worry Ed, I'm not actually up to the letter 'P' yet).

Adam Gillard

Ned [...] once was the owner of daytime TV's best beard (until he shaved it off between filming sessions) many congratulations Ned, some close shaves throughout but very well done indeed Punmeister. But in all seriousness, well done Ned! :D A TOMATO is a widely cultivated South American plant (Lyco...

Adam Gillard

The most frightening roller coaster I was ever on though [...] the bloody thing shakes while your going through it. I don't go on it any more, it genuinely doesn't look safe. Shakiness can be good though in a proper (health-and-safety-ified) theme park. Gwazi in Busch Gardens is a fun roller coaste...

Adam Gillard

2. ZAPATEADO
5. PTARMIGAN
15. KLUTZIEST
21. XERODERMA

Adam Gillard

Congrats Ned! Look forward to meeting you at the finals!

Adam Gillard

Probably not so famous but an absolute legend: Cliff Young (wiki) ((honestly, this is for real; not some fairytale))

Adam Gillard

Martins' goal

Adam Gillard

I was skimming stones on the sea and I saw a nice smooth grey stone and went to pick it up. My hand went through it. It was seagull poo

Adam Gillard

Sophie: KATHAEKIA?

Joseph: CLAMOURED, VITRIFIED, PETULANCE, BELYINGLY?

Adam Gillard

Ben Wilson wrote:If that's your genuine answer, then no. If you're trying to be a smart arse, still no.

I'm stoopid; that's why I can't decrypt it.

Adam Gillard

Ben Wilson wrote:Okay, got a new (harder) one for you. Identify the following phrase:

23547B3D2F494372F472F3D11

Is it "What do you call a deer with no eyes?"

Adam Gillard

Ryan, I get the feeling you're just trying to stir up trouble by constantly nit-picking at my posts; I hope I explained myself well enough above, but I don't know if I can be bothered justifying myself to you every time I post something on this forum.

Adam Gillard

Pretty sure Charlie didn't need anybody, especially you, to quote a dictionary, something that (I hazard a guess) Charlie knows quite a lot about. And if he did then he's a cock. Admittedly I was rude in my ridiculous response but your post really annoyed me. Yet my annoying post still holds true -...

Adam Gillard

Ryan Taylor wrote:Fucking pedant. Who gives a shit?

Oxford Dictionaries, Rhys Benjamin, Charlie Reams and me at the very least. You really should pay more attention before such a ridiculous response.

Adam Gillard

Good, but are we doing UK spelling or US spelling? If UK, we should be using Organi s ers Wrong. Right Even my Mum (not Mom) says. Actually Rhys in these sorts of words -ISE and -IZE are both equally acceptable in English. Page xv of ODE3 explains thusly: "Many verbs end with the suffix -ize o...

Adam Gillard

Ben Hunter wrote:
Andy Wilson wrote:wrong thread http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... lit=dreams
like

Haha me too, excellent stuff Andy!

Adam Gillard

Godwin's Law.

As an online discussion involving Ryan Taylor grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.

Adam Gillard

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Hi guys, I'm back and I was surprised to find prosilver as I've been using aerogreen since I started back in August!

It's a shame that your dancing fellow is no longer directly above your signature as I've always found that rather entertaining!

Adam Gillard

Can we have a Game of The Year poll for 2010? I appreciate that no-one wants to sift through 52 (or more) contenders, so maybe we could have a dozen or so selected GOTW winners to vote on. I suggest letting the person who cast the most votes over the year compile a shortlist, and then we'll do a fo...

Adam Gillard

Ben Hunter wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Don't forget Apterous Hunter who cheats outrageously for the first 6 months but then goes clean.
A bit like a politically-correct Apterous Sponge.

James Nguyen is Apterous Sponge 2.0. Sponge-a-licious

Adam Gillard

Ned, you're my new favourite from this series after that awesome head bobbing. Ed, you're boring now. Plus that bloke in the audience what got the conundrum has been to, like, a million recordings or something. He's basically part of Dudley's warm-up act now.

Adam Gillard

Ryan Taylor wrote: Grammar Nazi.

Oh dear Ryan! Grammar is quite separate from spelling, which is what I commented on. Now I'm commenting on your semantics. I hope this is informative (and transparently condescending).

Adam Gillard

Countdown recap for Tuesday 22 February 2011. *** PAGANISE was disallowed by Susie. At present both apterous and the recap writer lists PAGANISE as valid and so the Max includes an 8 point max from round 2 rather than a 7. If this is a wrong disqualification by Susie then Ned should be awarded 8 po...

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